Air Bag Suspension

Air bag suspension, also called air ride, is a type of suspension found
on many of today’s custom street cars and custom
trucks. Air ride is used to replace the coil and or leaf springs on
your custom ride. With an air suspension setup, compressed air is used
to inflate rubber bellows, or “bags” of air, that are located in place
of the vehicles original springs.

As the bags are inflated
with compressed air stored in an air tank, they expand (rise) to lift
the suspension which will lift the vehicle’s chassis higher from the
ground. When the bags are deflated (air let out), they will compress
from the weight of the vehicle. This will allow the suspension to be
lowered back to “ride height,” or allow the vehicle to be lowered even
farther to the ground, or slammed.

Click below to
learn more about the uses of automotive air suspension and the
components that are used: